Improved brush



I A. w. BROWN.

Brush.

Patented Nov. '17, 1868.

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AMOS'W. BROWN`,`OF LANSNGBURG, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 84,166, dated November 17, 1868.

IMPRovEn BRUSH.

The Schedule referred tolin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all lwhofnl, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos W. BROWN, of Lansingburg, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Horse-Brush; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication..

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved brush, with a portion of the back removed, to show the Spring.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the brush through the line a: :v of iig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved horse-brush, having a flexible back, that the brush may be brought more perfectly'to conform to the animals body upon which it may be used, and thus cause all the bristles to bear and operate in the rubbing-process.

It consists in connecting together the parts which form the back of the brush, by transverse leather hinges, and by a longitudinal metallic spring, covered with strips of veneer-ing.

In the accompanying drawings, A A and B are vthe jointed parts composing the back 'of the brush. Gis

the strap or handle; d is the spring, and-consists of a thin plate of tempered steel, which is screwed or other-` wise aiixed to the back of the brush, and is hidden from view by a thick capping or veneering, b. e e are leather hinges, for the purpose of excluding dirt and dust from the joints bf the back.

To use this brush, the handle is slipped under the strap'O, with the ball and fingers resting upon the outer joints A, in the usual manner.

A modification of thisbrush may be made by hinging the joints together with India rubber, or by metal hinges and India-rubber springs, butin either case the jointed back will be indispensable.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, the horse-brush, having its partsA A B connected together by the transverse leather hinges e e, and by the longitudinal metallic spring d, covered with strips of veneeiing, b, as herein described, for the purpose specified. v

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 14th day of May, 1868.

AMOS W. BROWN.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. SUFFERN, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

